I mentioned in a previous post that I was lucky enough to attend the TechSource Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium this year in Chicago.  You can now find audio from most, if not all, the sessions over at TechSource.

It’s hard for me to highlight just one of the many terrific sessions I attended, but if you only have time to listen to one or two of the sessions, here are my picks:

  • James Paul Gee’s keynote address on Libraries, Gaming, and the New Equity Crisis.  James Paul Gee is the Mary Lou Fulton Presidential Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, and he is providing some of the best research out there on video games and learning.  His keynote was an excellent look at key learning principles and how games address them.  My favorite!
  • Eli Neiburger’s featured presentation on  The Payoff, Up Close and Personal.  Eli is the manager of Information Access and Systems at the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan.  He runs the game program at AADL, and has lots of anecdotes about the positive role games have played in not only bringing young people into the library, but also how it has changed their view on who we are and what we do.

There is audio for more than 30 sessions available, so take a look!